The 29-year-old defeated the previously unbeaten Mailk Scott at Wembley Arena in July, which followed his April victory over Hector Alfredo Avila.

However, it looks increasingly likely that Chisora will now have to end another established fighter's perfect record if he is to realise his dream of challenging for a world title once more.

Boytsov, who is based in Germany, has scored 33 victories in his professional career with 26 knockouts. His latest outing was back in June, where he saw off the challenge of Oleksandr Nesterenko.

"[Chisora's] got to get the European and hopefully he can get himself into a good position," Chisora's promoter Frank Warren told Boxing News. "I watched [Kubrat] Pulev and [Tony] Thompson at the weekend. We certainly wouldn't worry about fighting either of those."